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>>> NOW THIS WE JUST LOVE SUCCESS ON THIS PROGRAM OUR NEXT GUEST IS A SUCCESS HE IS THE COFOUNDER OF A COMPANY THAT GIVES START-UP CREDIT CARDS TO CORPORATIONS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS BREX

IT IS A SUCCESS BECAUSE IT WENT FROM TWO EMPLOYEES, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HE HAS GOT NOW, BUT THE VALUE IS OVER A BILLION DOLLARS COME ON IN ENRIQUE WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM GOOD TO SEE YOU >> HI, STUART, GREAT TO SEE YOU

THANKS FOR HAVING ME STUART: NOW, I WANT TO START AT THE BEGINNING THE FIRST COMPANY YOU STARTED WHEN YOU WERE 16, CORRECT? YOU HAVE TO TELL ME, WHAT KIND OF COMPANY WAS IT, AND HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU MAKE OUT OF IT? >> WE, SO WE WERE ONE OF BRAZIL'S LARGEST ONLINE PAYMENT BUSINESSES SO WE BASICALLY HELPED ONLINE MERCHANTS WITH, TO ACCEPT PAYMENTS ONLINE STUART: OKAY

>> WE DON'T DISCLOSE THE AMOUNT ITS WAS SOLD FOR BUT THE COMPANY WAS PROCESSING OVER A BILLION 1/2 DOLLARS AND HAD OVER LIKE 100 EMPLOYEES OR SO STUART: ENRIQUE, YOU HAVE DONE VERY, VERY WELL CONGRATULATIONS NOW THE SECOND COMPANY — >> THANK YOU STUART: BREX, YOU HAVE GONE FROM TWO EMPLOYEES TO A VALUE OF OVER A BILLION DOLLARS

HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE YOU GOT NOW? >> I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER 60 STUART: OKAY WHAT IS YOUR SECRET? WHAT DO YOU DO? HOW DO YOU DO THIS? >> SO I THINK THAT, THERE IS NOT SO MUCH OF A SECRET AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE THE LAST COMPANY IN PAYMENTS FOR A WHILE WE FOUND THIS UNDERSERVED NICHE WHICH IS, STARTUPS IN SILICON VALLEY, WHICH YOU COULD HELP RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS NOT BE ABLE TO GET A CREDIT CARD FOR EXAMPLE, WE RAISED IN OUR FIRST ROUND, SEVEN 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS AND WE COULDN'T GET A CORPORATE CREDIT CARD

SO WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT STUART: OKAY OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A TON OF MONEY ARE YOU MOTIVATED BY MONEY? >> HONESTLY, WE'RE MOTIVATING ABOUT BUILDING THINGS AFTER THE FIRST COMPANY, WE SOLD IT, WE DECIDED TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE IDEA AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BUILD SOMETHING MORE LARGER AND MASSIVE

WE'RE MOTIVATED ABOUT BUILDING THINGS AND HELPING STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS WITH THEIR BUSINESS AND THAT IS MORE THE FOCUS OF US STUART: COULD YOU HAVE DONE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD AS YOU HAVE DONE IN SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, USA? >> I THINK THAT, FOR US IN OUR SPECIFIC SITUATION PROBABLY NOT, BUT I THINK THERE ARE OTHER ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE DOING SUPER INTERESTING THINGS AROUND THE WORLD, IN CHINA, LATIN AMERICA, INDIA, EUROPE, THAT ARE SUPER SUCCESSFUL FOR US SPECIFICALLY, SILICON VALLEY IS A SPECIAL PLACE STUART: DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PLANE? >> I DO NOT HAVE MY OWN PLANE, NO STUART: DO YOU LIVE IN A MANSION? >> I DO NOT LIVE IN A MANSION

BUT I REALLY LIKE MY HOUSE STUART: ENRIQUE, WE LOVE SUCCESS YOU'RE A GREAT SUCCESSFUL GUY WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON THE SHOW FOR A 22-YEAR-OLD, YOU BLEW EVERYBODY AWAY

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